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Serebii said himself that the commentary wasn't allowed anymore before...(he told ash-kid to stop a couple of times) The opening sure was a bit mellow though unlike most of the other openings Ash's new appearance is going to take awhile to get used to and Brock being absent.

I thought it was pretty good not the best but okay.

Looks to me like he meant post after post saying: "Here we go!," "This is it! ZOMG." And making separate posts for everything. Ash-kid is doing it one post. So, yeah, hope you had fun mini-modding, though.

I guess they really are going for a much faster paced show, I felt like so much was happening really fast.

I'm kinda disappointed that Shooti turned out to be a beginning trainer, I thought he would be more experienced like Ash and Paul. I don't know how the writers are gonna pull off a serious rivalry between them since Ash is much stronger and way more experienced, but we'll see.

Well I didn't want them repeat the exact thing with Paul anyway, but I never expected Ash's new rival to be a beginner.
This Ash vs Shooti battle actually reminds me of the games when you have your first battle after picking your starter with the rival who has the type advantage. But who won the battle guys?

Yeah that Mijumaru following Ash is the same starter Mijumaru. The opening is a little more interesting now. I still think it shouldn't have been CG but whatever. I have to commend them on trying something new.

I like the running commentaries and I don't see people's problem. I can't watch the episode and wouldn't understand it if I could so I appreciate people who undertsand it translating it for me so I can understand.

On Team:,:656:,:661:.

Oak's Lab:x30()
In Training:
Released:

Advice to the writers for the 6th Gen:
1. Give a fair distribution of screentime and battles- No Pika-Hogging.
2. Give Ash as many Pokemon as you will bother with, and no more.
3. Evolution is nothing to be scared of. Especially evolve Starters, please!

Here it is! The start of a new Era! 2-3 more years of Isshu, Isshu, and more Isshu!!!

Let's go over the basics, shall we?

Opening: An all CGI opening. That's a first! Is it any good? Well, it's certainly different. One thing you may notice going into the second episode is that, while here all the Pokemon are silhouetted in black, they slowly start to reveal themselves. As the show progresses, I'm betting it continuously gets updated to show all the new Isshu Pokemon. Pretty creative! Let's hope the dub does that.

The song was definitely pretty cool, if a bit tame. It'll need more disection as we move along. Tons of "Daijoubus!" though.

The episode: Pretty much the definition of a clean slate if you ask me. Ash, Delia, and Oak are the only characters we see returning (besides the villains) for the whole episode. We don't see or hear from any previous characters, which I think is a good stage to set. And it looks like the whole family will be chillin' in Isshu for now.

Rockets and Giovanni are back! Followed by mysterious secretary lady. Team Rocket may still be up to their old tricks, but they sure aren't making the same mistakes (not yet anyway).

The whole "Electrile Dysfunction" of Pikachu which I thought was going to be a major plot point in the series.... fixes itself pretty much just as quick (in the 2nd eppy). Soooo much for that!

All in all, the episode was setting the ground work for the rest of the series, so it may not be as exciting as some of the future ones. Though seeing Shuuti pick his Tsutarja over Mijumaru was probably the highlight.

Here it is! The start of a new Era! 2-3 more years of Isshu, Isshu, and more Isshu!!!

Let's go over the basics, shall we?

Opening: An all CGI opening. That's a first! Is it any good? Well, it's certainly different. One thing you may notice going into the second episode is that, while here all the Pokemon are silhouetted in black, they slowly start to reveal themselves. As the show progresses, I'm betting it continuously gets updated to show all the new Isshu Pokemon. Pretty creative! Let's hope the dub does that.

The song was definitely pretty cool, if a bit tame. It'll need more dissection as we move along. Tons of "Daijoubus!" though.

The episode: Pretty much the definition of a clean slate if you ask me. Ash, Delia, and Oak are the only characters we see returning (besides the villains) for the whole episode. We don't see or hear from any previous characters, which I think is a good stage to set. And it looks like the whole family will be chillin' in Isshu for now.

Rockets and Giovanni are back! Followed by mysterious secretary lady. Team Rocket may still be up to their old tricks, but they sure aren't making the same mistakes (not yet anyway).

The whole "Electrile Dysfunction" of Pikachu which I thought was going to be a major plot point in the series.... fixes itself pretty much just as quick (in the 2nd eppy). Soooo much for that!

All in all, the episode was setting the ground work for the rest of the series, so it may not be as exciting as some of the future ones. Though seeing Shuuti pick his Tsutarja over Mijumaru was probably the highlight.

I lol at Mijuamru's expression when it wasn't picked as Shooti's starter Pokemon.

Advice to the writers for the 6th Gen:
1. Give a fair distribution of screentime and battles- No Pika-Hogging.
2. Give Ash as many Pokemon as you will bother with, and no more.
3. Evolution is nothing to be scared of. Especially evolve Starters, please!

Pikachu lost to a starter! It just tied with a legendary a few episodes back, I am so surprised by this!
Not really
So Pikachu got zapped before the battle, then the loss is forgivable. Otherwise, it'll be a shame that Pikachu lost before the power reset.